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Amay Bandodkar Wins NSF CAREER Award

Posted on July 27, 2026 | Filed Under: Faculty and News and Research

This award will support NC State ECE Assistant Professor Amay Bandodkar’s research into advanced wound monitors —smart bandages that are able to safely sample wound fluids and relay information about wound health in real time.

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Scientists Are Getting Better at Predicting Which DNA Sequences Bind to Each Other. AI is Helping.

Posted on July 14, 2026 | Filed Under: News

A better understanding of these DNA-DNA binding relationships has utility in applications ranging from biomedical diagnostic tools to DNA computing.

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Mining Rare Earth Elements with Plants

Posted on July 9, 2026 | Filed Under: News

The United States is looking to boost domestic mining of rare earth elements to secure greater control over pricing and manufacturing of essential technologies we rely on. To that end, the U.S. Department of Energy is backing NC State Unive …

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Researchers Create Moisture-Driven Tech That Powers Green Batteries – and Dissolves Spy Gear

Posted on July 1, 2026 | Filed Under: News

A non-toxic, stretchable battery operates by extracting moisture from the ambient environment – even in climates as dry as the desert.

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Dan and Jean Eddleman: Turning Roadblocks Into Stepping Stones

Posted on June 25, 2026 | Filed Under: Alumni and Features and Giving and News and Newswire

Dan, a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering alumnus, and Jean, a Department of Biological Sciences alumna, want to ‘pay it forward.’ The couple’s three-part planned gift to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, …

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What to Know from NC State’s Quantum Workshop

Posted on June 24, 2026 | Filed Under: News

Industry professionals, students, faculty and researchers explored the future of quantum machine learning during summer school at NC State.

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The Game is Afoot: ECE Students Win Day of Giving 2026 Dean’s Hide-and-Seek Challenge

Posted on June 9, 2026 | Filed Under: Campus Life and Events and Giving and News

Neil Sood, spring 2026 graduate in electrical engineering and computer engineering (and current graduate student), and Madeline Wall, a fourth-year student double majoring in electrical engineering and computer engineering, put their hide-a …

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NC State University and Axiro Collaborate on Next-Gen Phased Array and ISAC Research 

Posted on June 4, 2026 | Filed Under: Faculty and News and Research

NC State’s Integrated Communication and Sensing Lab (ICaSL), led by Assistant Professor Suresh Venkatesh, and Axiro Semiconductor are advancing research in FR2/FR3 phased-array platforms and integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) tech …

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What You Can Do With a Master’s in Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

Posted on May 22, 2026 | Filed Under: News

Choosing a graduate program is a major decision, especially if you want a degree that leads directly to industry demand. A master’s in wide bandgap…

Second Annual Green-G Conference Explores Intersections Between Biology and Engineering

Posted on May 21, 2026 | Filed Under: News

At an interdisciplinary meeting held May 5-6, NC State researchers from several different departments discussed with invited guests how living systems sense, respond and communicate — and, in turn, how we can translate biological principles …